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Military service
Service number:
J/89957
Age:
29
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
December 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 800.
Additional information
Son of Henry Martin Backes and Clara Minerva Backes, of Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Orval George Backes
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Photo of ORVAL GEORGE BACKES
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Letter
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Letter
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Document
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Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post December 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval George Backes
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval George Backes
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval George Backes
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval George Backes
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Orval George Backes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 241 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY Cheshire, United Kingdom
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